What Does John 14:29 Mean in the King James?
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word spoken ahead of time becomes a lens through which trust recognizes the event when it arrives.
THE MEANING
A word is already given before what it describes comes into being. When the event arrives, it gives you a moment to recognize what you were told and trust it more deeply.
THE ROOT
πιστεύσητε
pisteusēte
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Trust, rely on, or place confidence in.
“believe” in this verse is pisteusēte. The Greek word carries the sense of trust and reliance, not only agreement with an idea. Here, what was said beforehand meets the event as it unfolds, and trust can take hold in that recognition.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: Trust, reliance, confidence.
πίστις
This noun names the trust that the arriving event can deepen.
pistos: Trustworthy, reliable; faithful.
πιστός
This branch links trusting with the quality of being dependable.
γένηται
genētai
GROWS FROM
γεν-
gen-
Become, come to be, come into being.
The phrase translated “come to pass” uses a form of ginomai: the event becomes or comes to be. The verse sets a word already spoken beside what later becomes visible, so trust can meet its fulfillment as it unfolds.
ALSO GROWS
genesis: Origin, beginning, coming into being.
γένεσις
This branch makes the root’s sense of emergence into existence more visible.
genos: Kind, stock, family or lineage.
γένος
This branch carries the sense of what comes into being as a kind or line.
THE PATTERN
A word spoken before an event can help you recognize its meaning when the event arrives.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.THE THREAD
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.This repeats the same sequence almost word for word: a prior telling, an event arriving, and trust arising in its wake. It makes the movement in John 14:29 easy to see: what was spoken beforehand becomes legible when it comes to be.
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